This will be Hall's true test of how his training is going. I doubt he will just want a 63 minute marathon pace training run with $100,000 on the line and competition like that. Undoubtedly he will train to win, so THIS will be the race that determines where Hall is at
Predictions? Both time and place
Meb beats Hall. Hall blames it on marathon training.
I don't think Meb wins, gee I bet he drops out last minute.
I love Meb, but judging by his twitter lately, he sounds like he is being cautious about injury and maybe not training as hard as normal. I could be wrong, I kind of hope I'm wrong as well.
Abdi is a bit out of form, and we'll see how Ryan is actually doing off this one. I also think some random fit guy is going to join and take the cake too. (Vaughn? Smyth?)
http://www.nyrr.org/races/2011/nychalf/story_02.aspOther top Americans in the field include the previously announced Kara Goucher, 32, of Portland, OR; Patrick Smyth, 24, of Mammoth Lakes, CA; and Serena Burla, 28, of Ellisville, MO. The complete professional field will be posted on this site in mid-March.